This is how the mammoth, 213,000 pound Northrop Flying Wing YB-49 the worlds largest and longest ranging jet bomber appeared a few minutes after takeoff at Muroc Air Force Base for its first transcontinental mission, a flight to Washington D.C....

Text from back of image: 'Lieut. W.S. Garrett, U.S.N., was killed and his observer, Chief Rigger S.C. Funk, was burned seriously when the navy plane in which they were making a landing crashed and burned at Yuma, Ariz., on February 18th. The men...

Text from back of image: "Major S. M. Strong, flight surgeon of the Medical Corps attached to Mitchel Field at Garden City L.I., had a remarkable experience a few days ago while on a flight to test the recording barograph and get the 'ceiling' of...